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TELEVISION | ‘Lilyhammer’ is a quirky gangster-out-of-water dramedy set in
small-town Norway
Springsteen sideman Steven Van Zandt produces and stars as a tough Mafioso hiding out with weird locals among the snowy fjords. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | November 17, 2015 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Criticism, Lilyhammer, Norwegian Television, Rag Bloggers, Steven Van Zandt
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My two cents on the Democratic forum hosted by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
Maddow did a good job of posing open questions and trying to get decent answers. By Carl Davidson | The Rag Blog | November 10, 2015 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s Nov. 6, 2015 Rag Radio interview with Carl Davidson, who … Continue reading
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Billionaires and super-storms
Hurricane Patricia come ashore at Cuixmala where English robber-baron Sir James Goldsmith built his Xanadu, La Loma, as a refuge from the apocalypse. By Mike Davis | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2015 Mike Davis wrote this as Hurricane … Continue reading
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Wall-to-wall deja voodoo
Walls can’t stop ideas. A wall itself is an idea, or rather, an admission that the builder of the wall has run out of ideas. By James McEnteer | The Rag Blog | October 27, 2015 QUITO, Ecuador — From … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wall, Donald Trump, James McEnteer, Rag Bloggers, World History
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METRO | ‘The Challenger’ is a newspaper published by Austin’s homeless
Since they have no office, staff meetings are held under a giant oak tree in front of City Hall. By Aaron Schnautz | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2015 AUSTIN — At the corner of Guadalupe and Cesar Chavez … Continue reading
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Obama’s choice for Education Secretary worse than Arne Duncan!
John King’s top-down imposition of corporate-style reform policies has led to a revolt among parents and teachers in New York. By Mike Klonsky | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2015 “Throughout his term in New York, John King was … Continue reading
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What’s up with the global economy, and where do we go from here?
A deflationary spiral, such as is now becoming evident globally, acts as a natural poison. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | October 25, 2015 It now appears that the grand yearly addition to total human wealth, the global … Continue reading
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Tagged Deflationary Spiral, Global Economy, Marxist Analysis, Rag Bloggers, Roger Baker, U.S. Economy
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Why ‘Black Lives Matter,’ a lot!
Those interested in the reasons for black oppression by the state may conclude that it adds to the corporate bottom line. By Mariann G. Wizard | The Rag Blog | October 20, 2015 As a jack-of-all-trades writer and 50-year political … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Institutional Racism, Mariann G. Wizard, Racial Justice, Rag Bloggers
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The Iran deal and the new, U.S.-inspired Middle Eastern arms race
Hey, world, step right up: American weapons are available for (nearly) everyone. By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | October 8, 2015 So who won the “war” about the Iran Agreement? Millions were spent for a stream of ads … Continue reading
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Tagged American Jews, Arms Race, Iran Nuclear Treaty, Israel Lobby, Middle East, Murray Polner, Rag Bloggers
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VERSE | Tango
Thumbs dance a graceful tango as right moves left and left right across keys in deliberate journey. I look at the pianist’s feet upon the pedals, automatic underpinning, cellular memory. I observe the energy rising from his center through perpendicular … Continue reading
